INDIA

At least 30 pilgrims died when a footbridge railing snapped sending devotees plummeting on top of each other.

Curfew continued for the second day, Sunday in India-administered Kashmir even as an uneasy calm prevails in the Valley following the hanging of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru at Tihar Jail in Delhi on Saturday.

Apple may release two iPhone 5 successors in 2013, and Foxconn sources have posted photos of the alleged devices online.

Guru was found guilty of conspiring with the five suicide bombers who carried out the attack on Dec. 13, 2001.

Asian markets fell in the week as investor sentiment turned negative amid the discouraging political developments in Europe.

These getaways in the U.S. and abroad are sure to spark some romance.

France's first lady Valerie Trierweiler has seemingly jumped effortlessly from one controversy to another.

A book festival featuring the Nobel laureate and one of Aung San Suu Kyi's favorite characters help Myanmar come out of isolation -- but freedom of expression is still elusive.

Historically, the U.S. has been the world's biggest corn exporter. But the landscape is rapidly changing.

64,000 rape cases –- including 25,000 sexual assaults on children -- were reported in South Africa last year.

Police in India-administered Kashmir have arrested three people so far for making online threats to the members of an all-girl rock band, which disbanded Monday following a fatwa issued against them.

India's gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to grow at an annual rate of 5 percent in the 2012/13 fiscal year -- much below the consensus estimate of 5.5 percent -- a government statement said Thursday, citing provisional estimates.

Local Muslim militant groups were divided over the Mufti’s fatwa.

The “image” of Indians in the minds of Westerners has largely been created and controlled by non-Indians.

Kingfisher spent 4.01 billion rupees on finance costs and 1.82 billion rupees on aircraft leasing charges during the quarter.

India's service sector continued to expand in January due to rapid and steady growth in new export orders.

China is undergoing a demographic shift that will have profound economic and social consequences.

Trierweiler is a two-time divorcee and has been with Hollande since 2007.

The shaving of heads has a long and notorious history in many parts of the world.

A French-owned oil tanker that was reported missing Sunday in the pirate infested waters of the West African Gulf of Guinea.

Most of the Asian markets rose for the week as investor confidence was lifted amid encouraging economic indicators from China.